Variabilities in Rainfall Onset, Cessation and Length of Rainy Season for the Various Agro-Ecological Zones of Ghana

Variabilities in Rainfall Onset, Cessation and Length of Rainy Season for the Various Agro-Ecological Zones of Ghana

This paper examines the onset and cessation dates of the rainy season over Ghana using rain gauge data from the Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) over the period of 1970–2012. The onset and cessation dates were determined from cumulative curves using the number of rainy days and rainfall amount. In...

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Main Authors: Leonard K. Amekudzi, Edmund I. Yamba, Kwasi Preko, Ernest O. Asare, Jeffrey Aryee, Michael Baidu, Samuel N. A. Codjoe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-06-01
Series:Climate
Subjects:
onset and cessation
climate variability
length of rainy season
wavelet analysis
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/3/2/416

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